Sask. government invokes notwithstanding clause over Catholic school ruling

The government says parents want the choice to send their children to either public or separate schools and invoking the notwithstanding clause will protect that ability.

The government of Saskatchewan will use the notwithstanding clause to defy a court order related to public funding of Catholic schools.

Invoking the clause is something the government has said it would do since the spring, shortly after a court ruled it was unconstitutional for the government to pay for non-Catholic students to attend separate schools.